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Seeley on Livy editorial task and historic introduction
The piece discusses Livy’s text and the editor’s duties in reconciling manuscript evidence, distinguishing original meaning from legendary embellishment. It highlights Seeley’s method, judging myths, antiquities, and the regal history as largely untrue, and praises the introduction for its disciplined historical criticism.
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Livy
Hook
Niebuhr
Arnold
Seeley
Rome
Ile
Tarquins
Servius Tullius
Euhemerus